Katsuo-bushi

Docs Docs: Short!

201523 minPG

Synopsis

“There is no room for carelessness,” says the elderly man who, since he was 15, has dedicated his life to making an indispensable ingredient in Japanese cuisine: katsuo-bushi. The contrast between the modern Japanese food industry (fast, cheap manufacturing) and the traditional workshop, and captures other links in the katsuo-bushi trade, such as the fish auction and a Michelin-starred restaurant.

Schedule

FFD 2019

Credits

Director

Yu Nakajima
Nakajima started film production in Tokyo. He moved to New York in 2010, working in production at Fine Line Media Inc, a documentary production company. He was part of the production HERB & DOROTHY 50X50(Dir: Megumi Sasaki). The film made headlines as the most successful crowdsourcing film project ever in Japan and kicked off a countrywide theatrical release in Spring 2013. In 2013, his film “Remind” was screened at the historical Anthology Film Archives NY as an official selection of NewFilmmakers. (The Anthology Film Archives, one of the leading theaters in New York City and the only theater truly dedicated to independent, underground, and experimental film) Other works include cover different media including many short and feature films, music videos, commercials, he was also a director for a documentary TV show shot for TV-Asahi in 2014. He has relocated to Berlin in 2015.

Producer

Mika Nishide
Sebagai perwakilan dari perusahaan produksi PR, Mika memiliki pengetahuan dan pengalaman yang luas dalam mengelola PR dan kampanye promosi untuk berbagai perusahaan. Dia juga menjalankan sekolah keliling nasional “School for Grown Ups” di mana motonya adalah “supporting busy adults!”. Dia juga memberikan ceramah di sekolah dan universitas bagi siswa yang bercita-cita untuk bekerja di industri manajemen pertunjukkan.